An Exciting New Realm of Beautifully Simplistic, Tweed-Based Performance
In the twilight of the 1960s, SF Bay Area amp repairman to the Stars, Randall Smith, was inspired to start building his own amplifiers after coming to a deep appreciation for the '50s Tweed circuits. He loved their organic sounding voice, powerful controls and the way they smoothly transitioned from clean to clip and back again. Standing on the shoulders of a giant, Smith's (and the World's) first venture into boutique guitar amplification resulted in a new Boogie® amp design inspired by that wonderful, timeless sounding preamp. Five Decades later we return to pay homage. Now, drawing on these 50 years of experience, we bring forward an exciting new realm of tweed-based performance and authentic 6V6 character. A beautifully simplistic design that raises the bar in the world of vintage tone. The NEW CALIFORNIA TWEED™. A quick glance at the front panel of the California Tweed reveals single-channel simplicity. Channel features include Normal & Low Inputs, Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Reverb & Master Controls. Our legendary vintage all-tube, long-tank, spring reverb with external reverb switching jack a and a fully buffered, tube-driven series FX loop round out a feature set that delivers everything you need for golden tone, and absolutely nothing more. Single Channel, 5 Power Voices, One Simple Switch The California Tweed is powered by 4x6V6 Power Tubes while the preamp features 5x12AX7 and 1x12AT7 preamp tubes. Our patented Incremental Multi-Watt™' (Patent 9,917,560) Power Amp, featuring Duo-Class™ (Patent 7,173,488) and Dyna-Watt™ technologies, provides five power levels, two operating-classes and three wiring options via a single 5-Way Rotary Switch! Choose from the following power options:
40 Watts - 4x6V6 Class A/B Pentode
• 30 Watts 2x6V6 Class A/B Triode + 2x6V6 Class A/B Pentode
• 20 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Pentode
• 10 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Triode
• 2 Watts - 1x6V6 Triode 1x6V6 Pentode, Single-Ended Class A Parallel
Harken back, bounce on forward, while never sacrificing one drop of golden California Tone
Amp Type
Tube
Variac PowerSwitch
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Maintenance Free Fixed Bias
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Power Amp Details Class Wattage
Mesa's Patented Incremental Multi-Watt™ (Patent
9,917,560) Power Amp, featuring Duo-Class™ (Patent
7,173,488) and Dyna-Watt technologies, provides five
power, two operating-classes and three wiring
configuration options via one 5-Way Power Switch •
Choose from the following power options: 40 Watt-
4x6V6 Class A/B Pentode 30 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B
Triode + 2x6V6 Class A/B Pentode 20 Watts - 2x6V6
Class A/B Pentode 10 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Triode 2
Watts - 1x6V6 Triode + 1x6V6 Pentode, Single-Ended
Class A Parallel More information on Dyna-Watt Power
can be found in the Owners Manual, which is available ir
the Support Section of this website.
Channel Controls
Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Reverb and Master
Effects Loop Bypass Options
Fully Buffered Series FX Loop
True Bypass Options
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Cabinet Simulation Direct Live recording Output
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Slave Output
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Rectifier Type
Silicon Diodes
Preamp Tubes
5x Mesa 12AX7 & 1x Mesa 12AT7
Wattages Quick Reference
2, 10, 20, 30 or 40 Watts - See Power Amp Details for
more information
Number Of Style Modes
Two (Inputs)
Graphic Eq And/or Contour
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Global Output Level Control
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External Switching Jack Options And/or Midi
External Switching Jack for Reverb On/Off (Reverb
Footswitch and Cable sold seperately)
Internal Amp Load For SpeakerLess Performance
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Extra Features
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Rectifier Tubes
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Power Amp Tubes
4x Mesa 6V6
Built In Power Amp Attenuation
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Number Of Style Modes Per Channel
Two (Inputs)
Reverb Effects Bypass Options
All-Tube, Spring Reverb
Global Solo Level Control
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Speaker Outputs
One 8 Ohm and Two 4 Ohm
Headphone Output
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